Thai policemen rehearse anti-riot manoeuvres at Government House in Bangkok on September 19, 2009 in preparation for a rally to mark the third anniversary of a military coup against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thousands of red-shirted protesters rallied in Bangkok amid tight security after the government imposed a Draconian internal security law in the centre of the capital for the latest demonstrations and deployed more than 9,000 soliders and police to guard key locations. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

Thai policemen rehearse anti-riot manoeuvres at Government House in Bangkok on September 19, 2009 in preparation for a rally to mark the third anniversary of a military coup against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thousands of red-shirted protesters rallied in Bangkok amid tight security after the government imposed a Draconian internal security law in the centre of the capital for the latest demonstrations and deployed more than 9,000 soliders and police to guard key locations.

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  1. Local students wave Malaysia's and Thailand's flags during a visit by Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razakand to Narathiwat province, south of Bangkok, December 9, 2009. Abhisit and Najib visited an Islamic school and attended the opening of a new bridge linking the two countries.
  2. BANGKOK, THAILAND - DECEMBER 05: Members of the public hold up candles and photographs of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej outside the Siriraj Hospital on December 5, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. Adulyadej has been King since 1946 and is now Thailand's longest serving monarch. He was admitted to hospital several months ago with flu like symptoms but was discharged in time to celebrate his birthday celebrations today.

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  1. Supporters of the fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra link their hands at a gathering during the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in the southern Thai resort town of Cha-am on October 23, 2009. Asian leaders are meeting in Thailand amid tight security this weekend to discuss ways to deepen economic ties and sustain the region's rebound from the recent global downturn, officials said.
  2. Sondhi Limthongkul (C), leader of the movement's new political party who led a blockade of Bangkok's airports last year to drive Thaksin's allies from government, answers questions from the press at Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on October 9, 2009. Sondhi reported to the police and acknowledge the charge for trespassing Government House related to yellow shirt street protests last year.
  3. Sondhi Limthongkul (C), leader of the movement's new political party who led a blockade of Bangkok's airports last year to drive Thaksin's allies from government, arrives at the Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on October 9, 2009. Sondhi reported to the police and acknowledge the charge for trespassing Government House related to yellow shirt street protests last year.
  4. Sondhi Limthongkul (C), leader of the movement's new political party who led a blockade of Bangkok's airports last year to drive Thaksin's allies from government, answers questions from the press at Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on October 9, 2009. Sondhi reported to the police and acknowledge the charge for trespassing Government House related to yellow shirt street protests last year.
  5. Sondhi Limthongkul (C), leader of the movement's new political party who led a blockade of Bangkok's airports last year to drive Thaksin's allies from government, answers questions from the press at Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on October 9, 2009. Sondhi reported to the police and acknowledge the charge for trespassing Government House related to yellow shirt street protests last year.
  6. Sondhi Limthongkul (C), leader of the movement's new political party who led a blockade of Bangkok's airports last year to drive Thaksin's allies from government, answers questions from the press at Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on October 9, 2009. Sondhi reported to the police and acknowledge the charge for trespassing Government House related to yellow shirt street protests last year.
  7. Thai soldiers stand guard inside the Government House compound in Bangkok on September 19, 2009 during a rally to mark the third anniversary of a military coup that removed Thaksin from power. Thousands of red-shirted protesters rallied in Bangkok amid tight security after the government imposed a Draconian internal security law in the centre of the capital for the latest demonstrations and deployed more than 9,000 soliders and police to guard key locations.
  8. An injured "yellow shirt" protester is rushed to hospital after a grenade attack during a rally in Bangkok November 15, 2009. Thousands of Thais gathered in central Bangkok on Sunday to protest at remarks made about the monarchy by fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
  9. A demonstrator from Thailand's royalist 'Yellow Shirt' movement holds a sign showing former premier Thaksin Shinawatra (L) hugging Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) during a rally in Bangkok on November 15, 2009. Thousands of royalist demonstrators protested in Bangkok against a visit to Cambodia by their arch-foe, fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The group said it had called the rally to express outrage at the neighbouring country's appointment of Thaksin as an economic adviser and Phnom Penh's refusal to extradite him during his four-day trip there this week.
  10. An opponent of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra displays a copy of the Thai royal family during a rally against him Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand. Cambodia earlier this month named Thaksin an adviser on economic affairs.
  11. Opponents of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, riled by his comments about Thailand's monarchy and the warm welcome he received in neighboring Cambodia, rally against him Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand. Cambodia earlier this month named Thaksin an adviser on economic affairs.
  12. Supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy rally Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand, against fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Cambodia earlier this month named Thaksin an adviser on economic affairs.
  13. Opponents of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, riled by his comments about Thailand's monarchy and the warm welcome he received in neighboring Cambodia, rally against him Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand. Cambodia earlier this month named Thaksin an adviser on economic affairs.
  14. Thai school children wave Thai flags during a People's Alliance for Democracy rally against fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand. Cambodia earlier this month named Thaksin an adviser on economic affairs.
  15. Opponents of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, riled by his comments about Thailand's monarchy and the warm welcome he received in neighboring Cambodia, rally against him Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand. Cambodia earlier this month named Thaksin an adviser on economic affairs.
  16. Opponents of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, riled by his comments about Thailand's monarchy and the warm welcome he received in neighboring Cambodia, rally against him Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand. Cambodia earlier this month named Thaksin an adviser on economic affairs.

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